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   Mem·oir

   /ˈmemˌwär/

   

   noun

   • 1. a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources: "in 1924 she published a short memoir of her husband" Similar accounthistorical accounthistoryrecordchronicleannal(s)commentarynarrativestoryreportportrayaldepictionsketchportraitlifelife storyprofilebiographyautobiographylife storylifememoriesrecollectionspersonal recollectionsreminiscencesexperiencesjournaldiarylogweblogblogvlogmoblog
   • ▪ an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people: "a revealing passage from Khrushchev's memoirs"
   • 2. an essay on a learned subject: "an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea"
   • ▪ the proceedings or transactions of a learned society: "Memoirs of the Horticultural Society"

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting a memorandum or record): from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) ‘memory’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. memoirist noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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